Public and School Library Summit Set for October 27

This one-day summit will allow school and public librarians in the NFLS/NEWIL service area to share information, network and collaborate.  It is made possible by a 2011 LSTA grant.

Marge Loch-Wouters of the LaCrosse Public Library and Pete Angilello of the Green Bay Area School District will lead a morning discussion/presentation at the Kress Family Library in De Pere.  After lunch, small groups will work together and develop usable action plans to carry forward.

October 27
9 am - 2 pm
Kress Family Branch Library

This workshop is worth 4.5 CE credits.  Lunch and all materials will be provided!

Register here!

Teen and YA Webinar

Teen and YA Discussion (Webinar)
Thursday, December 8  1-2 pm
Presented by: You!

Teen and YA librarians from around the state will have the opportunity to meet and discuss virtually!  Several YA librarians will lead discussions. Sharing and swapping Summer Library Program ideas for 2012 will also be encouraged!

Register here! 

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/134963793

Kids Event at Oconto County Fly-In

On Saturday, September 17, the Oconto County Library Services Board sponsored an event promoting the six Oconto County Libraries, and included a fun event, Glider Flying, for kids ages 4-7 and 7-11. 

Kevin Hamann, Oconto County Administrative Coordinator, generously volunteered to take charge of planning and supervising the event.  Peg Murphy, Director of the  Farnsworth Public Library in Oconto and Ann Ammerman, Director of the Suring Area Public Library manned the booth on behalf of the six libraries, passing out brochures, pens and the gliders for the kids to assemble for the contest.  Medals were awarded for 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd place for the longest flights of each age group.

Summer Reading Pre-Conference

Summer reading program aficionados from around the state are invited to attend the 2012 Dream Big – Read! SRP workshop at the Milwaukee Public Museum Planetarium and IMAX Theatre on Tuesday, November 1!   Six systems in southeastern Wisconsin (Eastern Shores, Lakeshores, Mid-Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Waukesha County and Winnefox) have collaborated to bring this session to youth services librarians and anyone with an interest in next year’s summer reading program theme.

The fun begins at 1:00 PM and will end at 4:00, just in time for those of you going to WLA to get there in time for the vendor reception!  Registration fee is $10.00, which can be paid at the door or in advance (checks payable to Lakeshores Library System).

See this link for more information. If you have any questions, please contact me at rpuntney@lakeshores.lib.wi.us.


Rhonda K. Puntney
Youth Services and Special Needs Consultant
Lakeshores Library System

Read On Wisconsin

Check out the October book selections for Read On Wisconsin, the statewide online literacy initiative!


Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers:

     The Voyage of Turtle Rex by Kurt Cyrus. Harcourt, 2011

Primary (Grades K-2):

     Always Listen to Your Mother by Florence Parry Heide and Roxanne Heide Pierce. Illustrated by Kyle M. Stone. Disney / Hyperion, 2010

Intermediate (Grades 3-5):

     This Is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness by Joyce Sidman. Houghton Mifflin, 2007

Middle School:
             
             Prime Baby by Gene Luen Yang. First Second / Roaring Brook Press, 2010  AND

Smile by Raina Telgemeier. Graphix, 2010

High School:

     Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan. Dutton, 2010



From storytimes to book discussions, we hope you'll look for ways to share these books with children and teens in Wisconsin.

The new Read On Wisconsin web site is still under development. Among the site's features will be an exchange forum for librarians and teachers to talk about ways they are using the Read On Wisconsin program and books.  

In the meantime, you can find the complete list of book selections, and discussion questions for each title, on the temporary site at:

http://readon.education.wisc.edu/

And resources about some of the 2011-2012 Read On Wisconsin authors and books can be found at TeachingBooks.net:

http://www.teachingbooks.net/quicksearch.cgi?id=2224

-Megan Schliesman, CCBC